Softball Player Joviette Frederick Represents York at CUNY Goodwill Tour

York College sophomore softball player Joviette Frederick is currently representing York College in the 2011 City University of New York Goodwill Tour, which will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 25th through Saturday, June 4th.

The
Goodwill Tour concept was initiated to augment the student college experience
by providing a platform to promote individual and community development. In
addition, the tour offers benefits by exposing and marketing the CUNY name and
its students/staff to a wider external audience. The mission of the CUNYAC
Goodwill Tour concept is to develop well-rounded student-athlete leaders who
can serve as ambassadors of CUNY, community advocates, and role models on their
local campuses. Student-athletes and student leaders will travel with coaches
and administrators to engage in humanitarian work in high-need areas of the
world, to exchange cultural values, and to develop skills necessary to become
leaders in college, career and life.

This time, top scholar-athletes from all 15
CUNYAC member colleges will be joined by a student-athlete from Division II
Queens College, therefore athletic excellence will be represented from each of
the 16 CUNY campuses that offer intercollegiate athletics and add one
representative each from the Macaulay Honors College, the Malave Leadership
Academy, and the University Student Senate. Along with participating
administrators from CUNYAC, the CUNY Central Office and as many as five member
campuses, the team will provide said humanitarian support to New Orleans.

On the previous tours, a sport specific team
has engaged in cultural and athletic activities in a country that has growing
interest in the particular sport. The five teams have travelled to: Argentina
for women’s volleyball, Dominican Republic for men’s basketball, Ecuador for
women’s basketball, Italy for baseball and South Africa for men’s soccer.

“The Goodwill Tours have been such a
rewarding experience for the student-athletes of the past that we had to be creative
to allow current scholar-athletes to share similar experiences,” said CUNYAC
Executive Director Zak Ivkovic, who has been responsible for all five tours and
will lead this one as well. This tour will be completely different in its’
structure and approach as it’s happening at home. Still, our community service
efforts and the outcome for the scholar-athletes will be similar. In the end,
we are all thrilled at the opportunity to accomplish this once again.”